To Dy [Dye] Blue
Item
Title
To Dy [Dye] Blue
Date
1694/1795
Description
This recipe gives instructions for creating a blue dye for wool, using logwood and verdigris.
Transcript
To Dy Blue --
[inserted left margin: this will hand you to 5[d] yen may make it Dy a pound] Take a quarter of a pound of log wood [I]n to Allom water ye [w]atter & with one peny worth of Allom Must before ye log wood be put in boyld a quarter of an houre yn put in 3 quarters of a pound of wool & boyle in ye log wood and Allom watter a quarter of an houre Then take [oute] youre wool [insert left margin: [Lure]] & put in to ye Dy 2 penyworth of verdigre[c]e and yn put on ye wool a Gane & Smuther it Close [struck: then b[text loss]] then boyle Strong Chamberly & pore upon it So lay it oute to Dry
[inserted left margin: this will hand you to 5[d] yen may make it Dy a pound] Take a quarter of a pound of log wood [I]n to Allom water ye [w]atter & with one peny worth of Allom Must before ye log wood be put in boyld a quarter of an houre yn put in 3 quarters of a pound of wool & boyle in ye log wood and Allom watter a quarter of an houre Then take [oute] youre wool [insert left margin: [Lure]] & put in to ye Dy 2 penyworth of verdigre[c]e and yn put on ye wool a Gane & Smuther it Close [struck: then b[text loss]] then boyle Strong Chamberly & pore upon it So lay it oute to Dry
Subject
Contributor
Ochsner, Elizabeth
Gerber, Steven
Le, Vincent
en
Grimm, Stephanie
Source
Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher
George Mason University Libraries
Rights
Public domain. There are no known restrictions.